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Stumbling

צֶ֫לַעStrong’s H6761

tsela (tse-la)

Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tsela is the Hebrew word usually translated “stumbling his”, “at stumbling my” and “stumbling”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

“His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.”
Job 18:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. Limping, stumbling
How it's translated
  • for stumbling his 1
  • and at stumbling my 1
  • for stumbling 1
  • stumbling my 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 2
  • Job 1
  • Jeremiah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

צֶ֫לַע tsela · stumbling

limping, stumbling

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “stumbling” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

STUMBLING, participle present

tense Tripping; erring; puzzling.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.